The author of this book is one of the few remaining links in the chain by which the present generation is connected with the reconstruction period, --the most important and eventful period in our country's history. What is herein recorded is based upon the author's...
The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 to 1877 in American history. It was a significant chapter in the history of American civil rights. The term has two applications: the first applies to the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American...